“Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn”

“Keep your breath to cool your porridge”

“Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words”

“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.”

“Too many cooks spoil the broth”

“A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg ”